AJMBLAZER
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I do most of my shooting at a farm here in rural Central Kentucky. My friend (who owns it) and I are looking to come up with a "long distance" (remember this is hilly, ravine filled, full of "hollers" Central Kentucky) target that we can shoot at, know we hit, not have rounds come back at us, and not require us to troop back and forth relatively often.
Problem is we can only hit about 75-100 yards due to the geography.
...and we're on a budget. No several hundred dollar professional targets.
At the end of our safe shooting area is a mostly dry creek bed that's overgrown with trees and brush. My thought was hack our way back there and hang a square or circle or something of hardened plate steel from a decent sized chain.
My thoughts are the hardened steel wouldn't let FMJ rounds blow right through it, the chain makes it durable and weather proof, while also moving so hopefully the rounds aren't coming back at us...
...tell me if I'm wrong please.
Looking to shoot at this with 7.62x39mm AK and SKS rifles and 7.62x54R Mosin Nagants primarily, but also all kinds of other common centerfire military and hunting rifles including .303 British, .30-06, .223/5.56mm, .243, .308, etc etc etc. Heck, maybe even 12ga slugs if we're feeling froggy.
Any useful comments, suggestions, thoughts, whatever appreciated.
Problem is we can only hit about 75-100 yards due to the geography.
...and we're on a budget. No several hundred dollar professional targets.
At the end of our safe shooting area is a mostly dry creek bed that's overgrown with trees and brush. My thought was hack our way back there and hang a square or circle or something of hardened plate steel from a decent sized chain.
My thoughts are the hardened steel wouldn't let FMJ rounds blow right through it, the chain makes it durable and weather proof, while also moving so hopefully the rounds aren't coming back at us...
...tell me if I'm wrong please.
Looking to shoot at this with 7.62x39mm AK and SKS rifles and 7.62x54R Mosin Nagants primarily, but also all kinds of other common centerfire military and hunting rifles including .303 British, .30-06, .223/5.56mm, .243, .308, etc etc etc. Heck, maybe even 12ga slugs if we're feeling froggy.
Any useful comments, suggestions, thoughts, whatever appreciated.